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Star Wars On Earth Should Be Your Next Holiday

Die-hard Star Wars fan might know this already but for the rest, here’s your next holiday: Tunisia. Four of the Star Wars filmed in Tunisia (as the planet Tatooine) and most of the buildings are still in good shape, which means you can visit it. It’s Star Wars, but instead of being a galaxy far, far away, it’s on Earth.


August 30, 2011
Online

Shutting Down The Internet Only Accelerates Revolutions

Though many of the Middle Eastern revolutions have come and gone, the prevailing reasons behind them are still under much debate. The conflict largely hinges on whether or not social media can create action. According to one theory, it can actually stop it.


March 30, 2011
Entertainment

Disney And Angry Birds Explain 3 Arab League Revolts

Based on two true stories and a bit of forward thinking, Three Big Pigs combines Angry Birds animation with Disney melodies to walk us through the fate of three Arab League leaders.


March 23, 2011
Geek Out

Middle East Revolts Laid Out In Beautiful Interactive Timeline

The UK Guardian has a beautiful interactive timeline breaking down the chain of events as it pertains to the Middle East revolts, which involve Egypt, Tunsia and Libya. Cleanly organised by date, event and country, it’s a helpful way to make sense of a lot of information at the very least. [Guardian]


January 26, 2011
Online

How A Country Tried To Steal Its Citizens’ Facebook Passwords

Sometime this last Christmas, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan noticed strange things happening in Tunisia. Thanks to The Atlantic‘s Alexis Madrigal we now know what those strange things were: A country’s terrifying attempt to steal its citizens’ Facebook passwords.


December 3, 2010

Unwind At Tatooine’s New Eco Spa

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Dar Hi, an eco spa opening in the Tunisian village of Nefta, looks kind of like Luke Skywalker’s Uncle’s place after an extreme home makeover. Which is fitting, because its just a short walk from where George Lucas filmed Tatooine